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Take Your RV Checklist To the Next Level

What kind of traveller are you? Are you on the road full time? Or perhaps you like to escape for a few months each year or can only get away now and then. And...
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Essential Advice: Caravan Tyres

Caravan tyres aren’t cheap, nor are they something that should be taken for granted. So how do you choose what’s right for your setup? For starters, it helps if you understand tyre types and...
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Essential Caravan Gear To Pack!

The caravan and camping show season is about to get underway and, I’ll put money on it, those of you who have just bought an RV will be thinking of heading down to one...

Thanks For Everything, Lionel!

Way back in time, when I was about 26 years old and we were running a service station, I joined an Apex club in Mornington, Vic, and before long I was made the dinner...
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How To Run Starlink on 12V!

Starlink’s satellite-based internet service has revolutionised connectivity for people across the country, particularly for the travelling community. That said, it does have a glaring problem. It needs 240V mains power to operate. However, you...
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Navigation Advice: Find the Right Tools

It would be fair to say that as a GoRV subscriber, you’re the type of person who likes to travel. But how do you work out where that next trip will take you? Questions...

Murphy and the Birds

Murphy knows that kookaburras love sausages. We camped one year at a delightful place on the north Queensland coast next to a lovely couple from Kangaroo Island. John had just put his string of...
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Bug Bite Thing ‘Heals’ Mosquito Bites

Mozzies. Nothing will ruin your trip faster than a swarm of those blood-sucking blighters. We’re all used to applying insect-repellent and slathering on a soothing gel when we are inevitably bitten anyway. I am...

Watered Down

Some of Murphy’s tricks are quite hilarious in retrospect, although there was nothing funny at the time. Take the time he nearly had me in the water. I'd left home around midnight, a favourite...

At Sea With Murphy

Besides careering around Australia taking pictures of children for the dreaded school photos, we looked after the RACV Caravan Club's foreshore camping area on the shores of Port Philip Bay, Vic, during the summer...